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title: Be honest, was Jack a total muppet for stuffing his jacket with gold? — Olive Fairy Book, The Three Treasures… · tree and pragmatics
description: Be honest, was Jack a total muppet for stuffing his jacket with gold? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1166 «Olive Fairy Book, The Three Treasures of the Giants, part 1: three brothers find a castle of money, and Jack gets the last word» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Test 3 · ★ · Olive Fairy Book, The Three Treasures of the Giants, part…

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Be honest, was Jack a total muppet for stuffing his jacket with gold?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** total muppet · **What happens:** be, stuff · **To what, where:** Jack, jacket

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1166 «Olive Fairy Book, The Three Treasures of the Giants, part 1: three brothers find a castle of money, and Jack gets the last word» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1166-pg3027-part32/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1166-pg3027-part32:t3:1
# text = Be honest, was Jack a total muppet for stuffing his jacket with gold?
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	muppet	muppet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	stuffing	stuff	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	jacket	jacket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | honest *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | Jack |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **stuff** | gerund | a total muppet *not said here* | Jack's jacket |  |  |  | with gold | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent jacket=Destination with gold=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, he was a big fool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1166-pg3027-part32:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, he was a big fool
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | he | a big fool |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, he was pretty smart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1166-pg3027-part32:t3:o2:1
# text = No, he was pretty smart
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | pretty, smart *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, he was a total muppet for doing it, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1166-pg3027-part32:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, he was a total muppet for doing it, mate
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	muppet	muppet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | he | a total muppet |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | a total muppet *not said here* | muppet |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, he was smart because he filled the bags with copper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1166-pg3027-part32:t3:o4:1
# text = No, he was smart because he filled the bags with copper
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	filled	fill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bags	bag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | smart *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fill** | past | he | the bags |  |  |  | with copper | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bag=Patient with copper=Instrument |

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